FURIOUS!(about pitbulls)

[Alysser]

STUPID BYB sell them to eresponsible owners and they fight them and leave them to die. People just don't understand that Pitbulls AREN'T bad. It's their stupid idiot owners. Making them fight other dogs for money. I would like to sock the in A**! They make me SO mad. They fight the dog until they get caught. Then the dog gets PTS because they are aggressive to other dogs. I HATE BYBS AND PITBULL FIGHTERS.

[cpitbulls]

Uggggghhh, makes me SO mad. Esspecialy since I have the most loving pits ever! Those STTTTTUUUPPPIIID people Makes me FURIOUS!

[areias]

It's starting to get really bad too...like in Denver they can walk into your house, remove your pitbull looking dog, and euthanize it. It's so horrible. I've been bitten by a lab, a bichon, and a bull terrier. The worst ones were by the lab and the bichon..the lab punctured my arm, and bichon tore through my thumb. And the bull terrier merely play bit me. So in reality, any breed can bite, any time. They need to ban all dogs if they want to play that card. Pits were even temperment tested, and scored about the same as golden retrievers.
http://www.atts.org/statistics.html

I got so angry at my mom, claiming she would never have a pit bull because of their disposition..she's looking around a little bit at maybe adopting another dog, and she won't even consider, no won't tolerate me even talking about this wonderful 6 month old pit in a shelter near me. It's a media raised terror that is so horribly off base...gosh, I need to stop typing before I go off. It's not a topic I like to discuss, I get so ticked so easily.

[pound_puppies]

Grrrrrrrrrr... I HATE THOSE PEOPLE! Pit Bulls are awesome dogs if you treat them right, I got a white pit bull from the shelter 2 years ago, she was 13 years old, and one of the most SWEET little gals ever...

[Addie]

a staffy and a pitbull are the same thing

[finn's mom]

a staffy and a pitbull are the same thing

I thought an american staffordshire terrier and an american pit bull terrier were two different breeds. Hmm...going to research a little. But, if someone has a site saying one way or the other, before I find something, post it, please. I'm wondering, now!

[Jessika]

I thought an american staffordshire terrier and an american pit bull terrier were two different breeds. Hmm...going to research a little. But, if someone has a site saying one way or the other, before I find something, post it, please. I'm wondering, now!

I thought/think this too but then I think the term "pit bull" is applied to describe a group of dogs and not one breed in particular.

[finn's mom]

I thought/think this too but then I think the term "pit bull" is applied to describe a group of dogs and not one breed in particular.

Here's a site that lists them as two different breeds...... http://www.ukcdogs.com/breeds/breedlist.shtml

I said the name wrong, though...Staffordshire Bull Terrier (not American Staffordshire Terrier)...and the American Pit Bull Terrier...

Going to look at the AKC site, now...see what it says.

[Jessika]

Here's a site that lists them as two different breeds...... http://www.ukcdogs.com/breeds/breedlist.shtml

I said the name wrong, though...Staffordshire Bull Terrier (not American Staffordshire Terrier)...and the American Pit Bull Terrier...

Going to look at the AKC site, now...see what it says.

I checked on the AKC site, I SWEAR I saw the Pit Bull listed there before as an American Pit Bull, and I KNOW its a breed, but then its gone from the AKC site or was never there and I saw it somewhere else so it made me second-guess myself

[finn's mom]

Hmmm...interesting. The AKC lists an American Staffordshire Terrier and a Staffordshire Bull Terrier as two different breeds....

http://www.akc.org/breeds/terrier_group.cfm

Interesting. Learn something new every day, I guess.

[sammy101]

Yes i think the Am staff and staffordshire bull terriers are two different breeds. Staffordshire bull terriers are smaller than am staffs.

Staffie


Am Staff


IMO,they look quite different.

theres also a really great website about pitbulls, i'm looking for it now.
-edit- here it is
http://www.understand-a-bull.com/

[.sarah]

http://www.understand-a-bull.com/

Thanks so much for that link, I'm going to order this t-shirt and wear it at humane society events and such.

[Jessika]

Is there not any way you can write to the television station and correct their obvious error??

[buttercup132]

it was a while ago now this thread was started like in october so i dont even remember the station

[areias]

I was watching the news about a "Confrontation with a dog". A dog was barking and growling (probably bluffing) at a guy and some kids, the guy went in the house, got a gun, shot some warning shots, the dog didn't go away, so he shot it in the legs, and the dogs now being treated at the vets, blah blah...

Now, you know if it was a pit, the headline would read "VICIOUS PITBULL ATTACKS CHILDREN AND FATHER" THEY MANAGED TO GET AWAY, AND THE FATHER STRUGGLED WITH THE DOG UNTIL HE MANAGED TO SHOOT IT. THERE IS NO HOPE FOR REHABILITATING THIS HORRIBLE MONSTER PITBULL. THEY WILL BE EUTHANIZING IT SHORTLY. HURRAH!

The dog was probably a golden or a lab or something. That's why pit bulls get such a bad rep-between pits and rotties, they are the only dog breeds that get mentioned.